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The most popular tactical schemes in football 8×8

Football 8×8 is firmly connected by historical Uzami with its direct ancestor – classic format 11×11. In fact, all football players playing in 8×8 came to this format from the older fellow and brought with them the main postulates of tactical constructions. Obviously, it is worth noting that the most common arrangement of "3-3-1" is an explicit copy of "4-4-2" from a large football. And all other intricate varieties of constructions bombarded from "3-3-1".

In the process of own development, or rather the development of teams playing in it, it is increasingly distinguished from its direct ancestor – classical format 11×11, and more approaching tactical considerations to mini-football. If you try to express this by one thesis, it is worth saying the following: the active gaming area becomes more compact.

If you mentally divide the area of 8×8 into 4 small sectors, then the task of the competent team is to build a quantitative and qualitative advantage in each of these small sectors when the ball is hurt, and not "smear" along the entire width and length of the field, as they were taught in childhood.

If you are orienting your conditional extreme midfielder to binding to your brow, then be prepared that 70% of the game time your player will not be that without a ball, but completely turned off from the game.

If the striker performing the role of the column is chained to the attack line and is not used to playing around the front of the attack, constantly shifting on the jerks into the zone of the potential entering the ball, it is only worth hoping that his skills will be enough to join the central defender. Otherwise, this is a completely recharged figure.

So, over many years of observations of tournaments in this format, we allocated several basic tactics types. The obvious thing is that the teams do not always adhere to the same construction even for one match, but the typical movement of players by the field can be outlined by some of the following schemes.

3-3-1 (Classical)

The most common scheme on which the absolute majority of teams in amateur football played. Obviously, the progenitor of this system is the standard diagram of large football 11×11, namely 4-4-2. From there, the basic principles of the formation of lines were taken: personal care guardianship, the game on the pillar in the attack, crosses from extreme defenders.

The scheme "3-3-1" is difficult to name flexible, it is often a format for low-duty collectives or not very well-ready physically. Nevertheless, it is quite simple to execute, since it is quite easy to explain to the players.

pros

The easiest way to explain the tasks to the players of their team (especially subject to the non-commissioning of the team or the absence of class performers)
The scheme does not require long-term installations, in the standard version does not require intricate movements by field
When playing with an opponent with a similar scheme, the presence of one individually strong attacker immediately increases the chances of winning, often he will remain one on one with the central defender of the opponent

Minuses

The game with strong teams with the presence of bright individually strong players immediately arise problems with rebuilding in defensive orders.
Any Flight 1-in-1 puts the predicament of the entire defensive line of the team
A huge load falls on the central midfielder, it is hard to maintain an attack at the same time (and it is very easy to ride, especially in the realities of amateur football) and wish to return to the defense in time, especially time to meet the attack by the face as a "breakwall"
The role of extreme midfielders is reduced, moreover, if the players performing this role, they play passively, do not move and do not ask the ball, they can always stand at all

Our team has been there for several years. And when we started to form our composition, we had to choose the game of the game to rely on the experience of the guys in other teams where they performed earlier. CHEMA "3-3-1" was the most popular at the amateur level of the 8×8 format. Yes, and the analogue of this scheme in Big Football "4-4-2" to the last "Barcelonian" years was considered a reference. Therefore, from the first matches of our team, we tried to realize exactly such a model of the game, it seemed optimal to us. In addition, a couple of months after the formation of the team, a magnificent striker joined us. He perfectly fit into the team and to the game scheme, which allowed him from the second season to become one of the best scorers for several years to PFPL, and our team win three championships in a row (second, first and higher leagues). Possessing such an attacker, the other scheme is not needed.

– Denis Markin, the team "Nhere"

3-1-2-1 (with drawing attackers)

By and large, this is a little modified scheme 3-3-1, described above. But there is still difference.

The main difference is the game in defense, here when losing the ball, the central midfielder turns into the forefront, is slightly higher than the central one. Plays personally with the central back of the opponent, with the risen balls also insures the central one. The attacker falls into place of the central midfielder and meets the face of an attack of the opponent, and in this case, to get rid of possible breaks between lines, it is necessary to celebrate an opponent on its half.

The extreme midfielders in defense makes sense to play as much as possible to the central axis and move on his visa only to receive the ball on the brows. The density of the gaming zone is saturated, and it turns out much more opportunities for mutual prudence, respectively, less chances to fail with 1-in-1 front players.

The obvious complexity in such a construction is the need to quickly and rapidly squeeze when the ball is selected (the usual primitive removal of the ball – and he will get to the opponent). A good physical readiness of the attacker and a pair of extreme midfielders for counterattacks is necessary.

pros

Ability to saturate the center of the field during defense
Mutual suspension
Reducing the space for rival maneuvers
meetings of all attacks face

Minuses

The need for a good, competent and physically strong attacking
Complexed out of defense in the attack

This density in defense delivered many problems to our rivals. Even with the front, the pair of our players usually helped the Safety. In this tactic, much depends on the attacker, it lies a huge amount of work, since it is necessary to take the ball and withstand the pause while other players are connected. And when defending your gate, he must include pressure, meet the opponent first. We have in stock People who cope with this task, so we risked to play this way. The disadvantage is the difficulty of recording the missed balls. If the opponent tries to put the game and play from protection, you have to come up with something new.

– Mikhail Slesarenko, team "19 District"

3-4-0 (without attackers)

Such a construction occurs extremely rarely and does not imply the use of a pronounced striker. The scheme can also be described as 3-2-2 (two radar and two flank midfielders almost in one line)

This scheme is suitable for teams possessing high-quality performers in all lines, especially in midfield. The role of three defenders in principle is standard, only connections to attacks they have more intense due to frequent replacements with midfield.

In general, the cornerstone of such a scheme is a clear mutual understanding of all medium-line players and moving them from place to place during the same attack. Wherever the gaming episode passes, the players from one zone should be displaced from one zone.

Most often begins the process of moving from the position of the attacker. His displacement to the flank or to the center for non-attract entails moving to the attack zone of the Far Havbek, in the scene there is an extreme defensive. The process occurs through both flank. The scheme is excellent for positional attacks and openings of particularly dense defensive redoubts. For a high-quality confrontation, she needs clear zone protection, but since most teams in amateur football playing precisely in defense, and since once, the defenders will come to a stupor of misunderstanding, who answers what. Continuous movements are accompanied by short and average passes with subsequent sharp attacks in the liberated zones.

pros

Excellent way to open dense defense
If there are really competent players and good teamwork between them, under the power, the performance of any tournament task

Minuses

The need for the availability of high-quality players of the middle and attacking line, technical, capable of circulating 1-in-1, as well as with a good playing vision of the field
The need to carefully pave the composition for synchronous movement by field

By and large, the balance is important in tactics, which, of course, depends on the skill and manners of each of the players. When there is a good movement in the team and mutual understanding, then all the formations are conventional, because in terms of the situation even any of the defenders can be on the site of the attacker. Positions, rather, play a role when playing in defense in order to roughly understand who whom and in which zone should meet. And as soon as the ball is selected, the carousel begins. There were games when we had no nominal defender on our field: we shared on those who meet the back and who is the front who is the right, and who is left.

– Danil Davydenka, team "Cutch"

2-4-1 or 2-3-2

The game in two defender is good only when there is a strong midfield. And the main load with such tactics falls on them. When defensed, the support midfielder shifts to the center of defense, and the extreme defenders diverge on the flanks. The extreme midfielders during the attack act as widely as possible, and during defense, they are actually narrowed to the support zone. In defense, the CenterorDord lowers in a pair to the attacker midfielder and makes up with extreme midfielders an imaginary square in the center of the field, thereby closing all the approaches to the penalty.

The game in defense under Scheme 2-4-1.

pros

With the right and simultaneous execution of rebuilding by all the players, actually all the ways of approach to the goal are overlapped, and the possibility of passing an opponent through the central zone is minimized
Even if someone from the players of the attack teams will be Fangs 1-in-1, then no dividend to the opponent will bring it, in front of him the next defense player grows, and the moment for the blow from behind the penalty area will be missed because of the time spent spent on the beat of the first player
At attack, undoubtedly, a clear plus is that in fact all players turn out to be involved in the siege of the rival goal, and the extreme defenders can be painlessly connected to attacks, changing places with their midfielders

Minuses

If someone from the players tired / did not have time / not in the form / forgot, and did not rebuilt from the attacking construction into a defensive, then the whole scheme collapses, and a more or less competent team of the opponent will be able to break the defense line – the scheme only works with trained and physically prepared players
The most important minus is not all players can understand it (especially those who passed the yard football school)

We chose such a scheme for our team.So that the players come not only for conditional glasses, but also enjoyed football. We promote team football, in which the names of the players do not mean anything, and any player is able to be painlessly replacing the dropped out. There is such an expression: "The order beats the class." I tend to believe him.

– Sergey Melnikov, Team "CMS Neva"